Roll paper holder and cutter



June 19, 1956 E. WALTZ 2,751,163

ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER Filed May 2'7, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inuenfor M June 19, 1956 Filed May 27, 1953 a WALTZ 2,751,163

ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 InuenTo r Edwardwavfz n waqaaaaw Arrorneux 2,751,163 ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER Edward Waltz, Grand Rapids, Mich., assignor to The O. Bulman Manufacturing Company, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application May 27, 1953, Serial No. 357,817 4 Claims. (Cl. 242-555) for the purpose of holding a roll of Wrapping paper or over a serrated edged tearer or cutter and is pulled downwardly over the cutting edge, where it is severed and the cut off section is in a position to be laid down on the table Without moving it any great distance or changing its position.

The invention is hereafter more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig l is a vertical section on the line 11 of Fig. 4,

Fig. 2 is a similar section with a part broken away showing the moving parts in a changed position,

Fi g. 3 is a perspective view of the device,

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section, with parts broken away, on the line 44 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section showing the mounting for the paper roll.

top of the body is partially closed by a cover 5 hinged to the back at 6. The roll of paper '7 is hung in the rear part of the body under the cover 5 in a conventional way spool on which the roll of paper is wound. The unwound portion of paper is indicated as 7 A vertical partition 11 is located in the body rearwardly of the front 4 and is preferably attached to or integral terior of the body.

A swinging plate 13 is located in the body in the space between the partition 11 and the front 4. This plate is pivoted on a rod 14 near its lower edge and close to the atent 0 bottom 1. The upper part of the plate 13 will swing between the partition 11 and the front 4 and its upper part is shaped to lie parallel with the partition 11 when they are adjacent each other. A coil spring 15 of light tension is located around the rod 14 and its respective ends engage the plate 11 and the bottom 1 and acts to move the upper part of the plate toward the partition 11.

The unwound section of paper 7 extends from the roll 7 under the roller 12, or in the absence of such roller it extends under the lower edge of the partition 11 and 15 to engage the paper and grip it against the partition.

The cover 5 at its front edge has one or more finger openings 16 which merge into extensions thereof at the upper part of the partition 11 and the top of the plate 13 has corresponding openings 17 which register with the openings 16 thus exposing the upper edge of the paper 7 which is gripped between the plate and partition.

In operation, the operator grasps the upper edge of the paper which is exposed through the finger openings 16 and 17 and pulls it forwardly across the top edge of the front pulled out unwinding from the roll 7 until the desired length lies forward of the cutter bar and then by a downward movement the section is torn ofi over the sharp edge thereof and laid down on the table forward of the holder, where it will lie smooth to be wrapped around an article.

Upon severing of the section of paper the remaining portion 7 is released and the plate 13, urged by the spring 15 carries it back against the partition 11 where its upper edge is gripped as previously described, with said upper The plate 13 must have a substantial area because of the flimsy nature of the paper it is intended to handle. In practice, the plate has an area substantially as great as the portion of the paper which lies outside the wall 11.

By this means the paper, and especially the thin, flimsy, plastic type described, is kept under control at all times. The torn off section is in substantially horizontal position when severed and close to the table on which it is laid adapted to receive and rotatably hold a roll of paper, a

tween said wall and said plate, said plate having an area equal to a considerable part of the area of said wall.

2. A device of the class described comprising an opentopped body, means for rotatably supporting a roll of paper in said body, a cover hinged to said body and partially covering the top thereof, a wall in said body connected with said cover, a cutting bar on said body spaced Lr from said cover and said wall, a flat plate swingably mounted in said body to swing between said wall and said cutting bar, and a spring acting to swing said plate toward said wall, said plate having an area equal to a considerable part of the area of said wall.

3. A device of the class described comprising means for rotatably holding a roll of paper, a cutting bar, a stationary wall between the roll holder and the cutting bar, a movable fiat clamp member located between the stationary wall and the cutting bar, and tension means acting to move said clamp member against a section of paper located against the stationary wall, said tension means releasing said clamp member under normal pulling strain exerted on said paper, said clamp having an area equal to a considerable part of the area of said wall.

4. A device of the class described comprising, a body adapted to receive and rotatably hold a roll of paper, a wall in said body adjacent said roll of paper, a stationary member located under said wall around which the paper from the roll is drawn, a cutting bar on said body spaced from said wall, a plate swingably mounted in said body between said cutting bar and said wall and having its pivot adjacent said stationary member, whereby paper from said roll passes under said stationary member and thence upward between said wall and said swinging plate, and spring means acting to swing said plate toward said wall, said plate having a portion of its surface acting in clamping engagement with said paper against said wall, said plate having an area equal. to a considerable part of the area of said wall.

References Cited in the file of, this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,774,480 McClintock Aug, 26, 1930 2,110,827 Daykin Mar. 8, 1938 2,506,504 Hudson May 2, 1950 2,574,175 Erhardt Nov. 6, 1951 

